Archives for May 2017

THIS MONDAY May 29!!!!!!

Shavuot “Torah on the Trail” and Potluck Picnic at Bonner ParkBring your Divrei Torah to the Picnic

Once again, we venture up the mountain to receive Torah. Meet at 9:00 am at the Mount Sentinel trail head. We walk the trail and stop to reflect on Torah passages that celebrate each of the Five Books of Moses.

Picnic begins at noon at the Bonner Park picnic shelter, rain or shine. Think cheesecake and blintzes, music and good company! Are you feeling some Torah running in your veins? If so, please bring a 3 or 4 minute D’var Torah, a brief teaching about some Torah that is particularly meaningful to you. We’ll share them at the park after lunch.
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Beit Midrash on Hiatus Until July 10

Laurie will be on vacation through the end of June and then attending an intensive study week during the first week of July, so we will resume when she returns. We’ve had a great run since January and look forward to more Jewish learning.

Torah teaches that we don’t own the land; all life is a gift from God. Our job is to treat the land well, to treat each other well, and to live at the highest spiritual level because we do both. As we prepare to receive Torah on Shavuot, this theme is a valuable guide.

Come do Jewish with us every Monday evening at 6 pm! We start with soup and salad, share a shiur (a teaching) at 6:45 pm, and move into small groups for specialized learning. Right now, we have an adult b-mitzvah group, a beginner Hebrew group, and a group reading Jewish sacred text about human relationship with the natural world. Bring your passion. Please call or write to Laurie if you have questions about beit midrash.

In addition to our regular Torah study at 10 am, we begin at 9 am for special focus on Hebrew aspects of the parsha. This is not a Hebrew class but rather a learning about spiritual themes in the weekly Torah portion by exploration of Hebrew grammar and poetry of the verses. Bring your Tanakh or Chumash or use one from Har Shalom’s library.

Jeannette Rankin Peace Center and the Missoula Peace Quilters invite you to celebrate our 2017 Peacemaker Mary Poole, founder and director of Soft Landing Missoula. The celebration is Saturday, May 20th from 3 to 5 pm at Har Shalom, 3035 S. Russell St. The program includes music by the Montana Women’s Chorus Missoula and the Missoula Gay Men’s Chorus. Reception follows the presentation. Everyone is welcome!

Room for rent in spacious two-bedroom apartment near the Good Food Store. Upstairs apartment with lots of natural light, local landowner lives on site. One year lease starting June 1st with possible May move in, contact Miriam atbayercso@gmail.com for more information.

Our last dance before summer begins honors Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh traditions. Come to celebrate a full year of dances! All ages and abilities can enjoy these gentle, meditative dances.Please follow us on Facebook, and share our events by email or Facebook or talking with people! We are building spiritual community together.

Once again, we venture up the mountain to receive Torah. Meet at 9:00 am at the Mount Sentinel trailhead. We walk the trail and stop to reflect on selected Torah passages. Picnic begins at noon at the Bonner Park picnic shelter, rain or shine. Please come to one or both. Think cheesecake and blintzes, music and good company!

How: Please join us as we celebrate our Har Shalom community and express thanks for being together at this shul for a full decade!

-We will be unveiling the long-anticipated artwork of Dev Harris, Paul Kingsford, and Paul Running Crane. The three have combined efforts to create a beautiful, new, artistic planter to hide the concrete pillars out front and to show our building a little love on its 10 year anniversary of being ours! Thank you to our wonderful artists who donated all their time and expertise!

-Atidaynu children and families will be planting perennials and annuals from 11:00 am-12:00 pm so please feel free to bring your own flowers to contribute and come plant with us!

-Please bring a potluck dish to share and, along with your friends and family, and let’s enjoy what it means to feel at home at Har Shalom.

-Best of all, the local Baskin-Robbins on Brooks St, operated by the Loomis family whose daughter and granddaughter Ella attends Atidaynu, has so generously donated ice cream for all, so look for their truck at Har Shalom and plan on having dessert!

If you do, you can join their AmazonSmile.com program and direct 0.5% of your order to Har Shalom at no cost to you. Select “Congregation Har Shalom”, location: Missoula, MT, as your supported charity. Then, when you go to Amazon.com to make a purchase, you will be directed to a different site, smile.amazon.com for 0.5% of your purchase to be added to the Har Shalom contribution.

I would love to speak with you! Please make an appointment to meet during my office hours, 2:30 to 6 pmon Tuesday afternoons and at other times by special arrangement. Call 546-9368 or email laurief@har-shalom.org to set a time to meet.

Office Hours with our Administrator Lisa Stewart are currently by appointment. You can reach her at admin@har-shalom.org to set up a time to meet.

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Core Values: give us your feedback

A committee of volunteers crafted six updated value statements for Har Shalom. We will feature one each month in this spot. Please let us know what you think at laurief@har-shalom.org. Find all six statements here.